Who is Maria Tuinzing from An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 and what is their importance?

Maria Tuinizing was a nurse and a close friend of Etty Hillesum. Tuinzing also lived in the Wegerif house on the Gabriel Metustraat in Amsterdam where Etty resided for several years. Etty gave her diaries to Maria Tuinzing just before returning to Westerbork for the last time.